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Special Features
A collection of special online
features about interesting and unique artifacts, projects, and museum
happenings.
 Artifact
Articles
Tractors, airplanes, steam engines, and more intriguing artifacts from
the WDM Collection are highlighted in this series of articles by
Collections Curator, Ruth Bitner.
 Moose Jaw WDM
- Save the Short Line 101
2009
would have been its 31st season pulling excited passengers
around WDM grounds, but the
Short Line 101 locomotive requires a new boiler before it can again thrill young
and old with the sounds and smells of steam.
Learn more about the Vulcan 0-4-0 and how you can help get it back on
track.
 Virtual
Museum of Canada - WDM Exhibit
VMC showcases a rich collection of high-quality heritage content online, bringing together in innovative and dynamic ways the stories and treasures entrusted to Canadian museums.
 Artifact Articles
- Museum Gold
A selection of
newspaper articles about WDM artifacts and their
stories written by Noelle Gross. Artifacts
featured include the WDM Calliope, Nellie McClung's wedding
dress, and a rare early computer.
In 2001, all 65 articles were gathered into a publication - Museum Gold: Treasures from the Collection.
 Saskatchewan
History Centennial Timeline, 1905-2005
Created by Ruth Bitner and Leslee Newman through a partnership of the
Western Development Museum and the
Saskatchewan Archives Board, this booklet that provides quick and
easy answers to questions like:
When did women first get the vote in Saskatchewan?
Where was uranium ore first discovered?
 WDM
Calliope
For many years, the whistles of the Western Development Museum
Calliope have been a familiar sound to Saskatchewan parade-goers. The
Calliope is a musical instruments that resembles a
piano or organ, but produces sound using pressurized steam.
 Saskatoon WDM
Clay Oven
In
2005 the Saskatoon Western Development Museum undertook the task
of building a clay oven in the same style as was
used by early settlers. The oven
would be used during the Museum’s annual event, Pion-Era, to demonstrate how bread was
baked in the days before electricity and other modern
conveniences.
 Museum Disasters
View photos from the North Battleford WDM following windstorm damage in
July of 2003.
 J.I. Case Reboilering Project
- COMPLETE
Many of the Museum's steam traction engines designated for demonstration
use have been decommissioned due to aging boilers which have not passed
safety inspections. The Museum chose its J. I. Case 12-36 horsepower
engine for the pilot project, the boiler being of a smaller class, and
therefore less expensive than one of the larger engines.
 Indian
Motorcycle Restoration Project - COMPLETE
It all starts with an old piece of, well as they say, one person's
garbage is another person's treasure. You just have to have a vision. A
lot of research goes into restoration because the artifact has to be
fixed and recreated using the methods and materials of earlier days.
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